Re: creature of habit...
Quit going, also.
Never thought Drudge was as great as everyone thinks anyway. All of what he posts will be soon picked up by other sites and can be viewed free then.
ZH thought about becoming a pay site some years ago and decided not to implement because of the blowback from users.
We are all hep to this ever since cable came along promising no commercials if you paid to view the content. Soon enough, cable companies (most of which were owned by political insiders) began slipping commercials in until, now, there's no difference in what was offered before.